Six ships of the Royal Navy, have been named HMS ''Leander'' after the Greek hero

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: * was a 52-gun fourth rate launched in 1780. She was captured by the French in 1798, but was recaptured by the Russians in 1799 and returned. She was renamed HMS ''Hygeia'' in 1813 while being used as a medical depot, and was sold in 1817. * was a 58-gun fourth rate launched in 1813 and broken up in 1830. * was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1848. She was converted to screw propulsion in 1861 and was sold in 1867. * was a protected cruiser launched in 1882. She became a depot ship in 1904 and was sold in 1920. * HMS ''Leander'' (1931) was a light cruiser launched in 1931. She was transferred to the New Zealand Navy in 1937, returned in 1945 and scrapped in 1949. * was a launched in 1961 and expended as a target in 1989.

Battle honours

Ships named ''Leander'' have earned the following battle honours: * Nile 1798 *

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1943

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